Friday, July 30, 2010

CrazySexyCool

Urrrm, so I starting working on this post last night because since I don't have any pictures or excitement to share with you, (walking around all sweaty, looking at flats all day is less-than-fab blogging material) I wanted make a run down of some of the things I realllllly want right now. This whole clock idea seemed cool in my head last night, but now... I don't know, haha! Anyways, what's important is what's inside!
I realized that there are a lot of things I'm looking for right now, as in specific items that I have in my head and visualize myself wearing. It's not untill I actually finished the collage that I realize a bit of a theme going on... black, black, and more black... oh and did I mention black? For the first time ever I'm finding myself attracted to simpler pieces that are.... as much as I despise the word... chic. I have NEVER felt the need to be dressed in a way that's feminine, relaxed, and yes, chic, but that's just the kind of mood I'm feeling right now. I guess this is what Fall looks like!
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12-2 o'clock: Topshop bra-top, Rayanne's bra-top from My So-Called Life, and Katy Rodriguez bra-top. Yes, I want a bra top. With high-waisted paperbag trousers, oh YES!
3-4 o'clock: I feel like I need more hats... I never wear them. I'd probably look like a fool in a bowler, but some girls just look amazing in them. One I think I could pull off is a felt scouts-style beret, yes? In green or black, please!
5 o'clock: Saw these leggings in Topshop yesterday. They have sheer panels. I mean...
6 o'clock: This skirt I saw in the H&M pre-fall style guide and I WANT. I love that it looks extra long and wide, so I'm sure it swishes around a lot when you walk. Need to keep digging around the H&Ms to find this!
7 o'clock: Baggy plaid shirt. Don't know why I don't own one. Really, there are none in Winnipeg thrift stores!
8-10 o'clock: A big, hairy/fuzzy/furry sweater! The more monsterous the better.
11 o'clock: Leather scoop gloves. Wanted to make these, but still haven't thrifted the perfect pair of leather gloves yet! May need to lift my leather ban and just buy these bad boys...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Spend the last dough in your pocko

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This post is going to be short, and possibly boring post for some. I just wanted to keep you all updated as I am now in London! For those who don't know, I'm in London on a working holiday, and I'm staying for about 5 months. Seems like just yesterday I was sitting in my hostel, blogging about this experience for the first time.
My flight yesterday had a stopover in Iceland, home of Bjork and....er, well that's about all I know about Iceland. The plane looked like it was from the 70's, lots of orange, and had those shared t.v.'s. Sadly, no horrid inflight movies (Actually inflight movies are pretty sweet, you get to watch all those corny, shameful films your wouldn't usually see and have the excuse to say "Oh it was just an inflight movie" when it comes up in conversation).
After the 2 planes, coach ride, tube ride, and taxi ride, I made it to my hostel and collapsed. I slept from about 3:30pm-8:30, then 10:30-5:30am, then dozed off again from 6-8:30, and yet then again from 8:30-10:30 am. Needless to say, I was really tired.
Today I just did a few basic things, like update my bank info and pick up a mobile. For those of you who follow me on twitter, you'll know that I'd an idiot and left my all my makeup at home! I had 2 bags of it! I don't think it's worth it to ship it, so today I also just bought some makeup basics as well. I can't beleive I walked around London all day without makeup on... oh well, no makeup means no makeup to smudge and run with all the sweating going on. It's so humid here, bleh.
I want to show off my phone, I think it's so cute. I love how it's square, it makes it look like a compact!
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Image and video hosting by TinyPic Cannot live without my Urban Decay primer potion!! Bought it at Debenhams along with this brow powder kit. I've never tried it before, but at home I was using a powder on my brows and the girl at the counter told me this stuff is waterproof and comes with wax that you can put on beforehand to keep all the hairs in place. Will keep you updated to let you know how it works out, it sounds promising!
Image and video hosting by TinyPic A bunch of stuff from Boots. I really only bought this 17 mascara because it came with a free kit of eyelash curler, tweezers, and eyeliner. I've never even heard of this brand, anyone know if their mascara is any good?
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I told you, not so exciting! Anyways, I might as well take this opportunity if any readers are from London, and if so do you know any free rooms available for rent, and any jobs you want to hook me up with?? Job and flat hunting is all I'm going to be up to for the next few days, so I'll keep you all posted later in the week!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Put your loving hand out, darling

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Ooookay, so now that Toronto posts are done with we can move on to more present events, yes? Like my birthday? My 21st birthday?? It was last week on July 14th (shared with my style soulmate Andrew) and I went out for dinner with some friends on Sunday, followed by kareoke at my house (my faaaavourite song to belt right now, who's with me??).
You may have seen on my twitter that I decided to go topless. It wasn't exactly a Romy and Michele moment ("I'm sorry, I couldn't find my top") because I had pictured this outfit it my mind for a while but NEVER thought I'd go for it forreal.

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I thrifted the lace dress a while ago and I just wanted to use it's sheerness to it's full potential with the, errm, lack of clothing. The restaurant we went to was seriously empty (which is good because I get REALLY LOUD when I'm in groups, haha!) so I knew it would be a good time to try out a look like this. My friends are so cool, they don't even care any more when I pull out looks like this. The only comments were "Kylie, you're really Gaga-ing it up today with this outfit", and "you look like a character from the Addams family". Both of which I am totally fine with.
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Monday, July 19, 2010

If looks could kill then we all would be doomed

You may or may not be wondering who the other super special person was that I got to see in Toronto. If you are following me on twitter then you know that it was the one and only Isabel of Hipster Musings!
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Isabel with a hot dog. What?
Okay so with Isabel skipping off to have adventures in NYC, we had just enough time to cross paths for one afternoon of, well, what else but a lot of vintage shopping. After we met at the bus station where her coach just arrived, we dropped off her bags at my hotel just down the street and then set off walking towards Kensington Market. You guys, I can't beleive I lasted the whole day walking EVERYWHERE. It wasn't especially hot out that day, but the air was so moist I could have drank it with a straw. Anyways, Isabel got off the bus looking fabulous while I only walked down the street and already am a sweaty mess. MOVING ON
I don't know the names of any of the shops we went in, so just enjoy the pictures. I'm pretty clueless around Toronto, so Isabel practically had to hold my hand to show me where to go.
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Sifting through her beloved drug rugs.
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Groping the sequins. We both have a penchant for shiny things. Obviously.
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Street style shots! How do you guys like this idea of me being a photographer, haha!
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Isabel looked wicked though, loved her outfit top to bottom.
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These printed docs were just calling out for Isabel. Unfortunately they were a tad too small
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Andrew would have had a hay day with all the overalls I saw, haha. The other day he declared overalls as "his new thing"
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I really took a shine to this metal bra. Seriously, I was so close to buying it! It reminded me of the metal bra that Topshop will be releasing this fall (see here from Flying Saucer, and here in a press shot). Looooove. Will wait to buy the Topshop one though... it has spikes :)
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Ignore the sweaty t-shirt, and look at the teensy tiny bit of purple left in my hair!
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I had such a good time with Isabel, she is actually one of the sweetest girls I've ever met. I felt like I kind of already knew her, so when we hung out it was as if we had been friends for ages (hopefully she feels the same, haha!). We also both bought these lacey bloomers, and were going to take a picture of us both wearing them afterwards but sadly we ran out of time. It's wierd, I just noticed we didn't actually get any pictures together, haha! Well, there's blogger pictures for ya.
Oh and lastly, a dress shop we passed had this big Lady Gaga display. Kind of a perfect end to a perfect day.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Down every underpass you'll see somebody stealing the show

I really can't decide the best way to post about Toronto. A lot of excitement. A lot of pictures.
Because I don't want to drag on about the trip, I think I'll just split it into two posts. By the way, it's late right now and I'm tired so text will be minimal. It's a good thing the pictures are going to do the talking here, because I got a brand new camera and it is sexxxxxxyyyyy. After A LOT of debate I finally settled on the Canon T1i, and I literally opened the camera's box the night before I left so I was (and still am) figuring out how it all works.
Image and video hosting by TinyPic Testing out the cam with pictures of our lunch. I'm seriously still thinking about this food, it was so SO good.
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Image and video hosting by TinyPic My clever friend got us discounted nights at a really nice hotel downtown. Trust me, I wanted to take pictures all over but I really restrained myself.
Image and video hosting by TinyPic The above shot was supposed to be, like, The Shining-esque. I dunno.
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So I mentioned previously that I was going to see TWO great people while in Toronto (besides Gaga that is). The first night we got there I got to see special person number one: Noel Fielding.
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When I found out Noel was doing some stand-up gigs in Toronto I just lost it, it was too good to be true. All that day I was so nervous. I mean, getting to see one of my idols (besides being part of The Mighty Boosh, he really is my favourite stand-up comedian) in person is pretty daunting. Anyways, I ended up seperating from my group to sit alone right at the front. The FRONT, people! I was one foot away from his beautiful drainpipe-clad legs (wow, they were NICE). I'm not going to post any pictures from the gig, mostly because I haven't looked at them myself, so here are some really dark pictures of me in front of the venue. Note the floral green and white blazer. Thrifted for a DOLLAR. Score.
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The next day we went to the Ontario Science Museum to check out this special Harry Potter exhibit they had on. It was pretty cool, there were costumes and props and stuff from all the movies, and I got sorted by the sorting hat (Hufflepuff, whaaat). In the evening we went out for dinner and then to see Get Him to the Greek. Have I ever mentioned on the blog how ferociously I love Russell Brand? Well now you know.
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What I wore that night. This maxi is one of the amazing Winners finds I was freaking out about over on twitter the other day. Finally a maxi dress that actually touches the ground on me! Well, not when I'm wearing five inch heels, but still.
The next day I spent some time with special person number two, (will post about that next time) and then at night it was Lady Gaga! I didn't take any pictures, but just take my word for it when I say it was amazing. It was a pretty emotional experience for me, but maybe I'll talk about that more if I do an all-Gaga post. Let's talk about what you REALLY want to know about: what I wore.
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I decided to go with my Cheap Monday dress that I ordered and had never worn yet. The boots are the infamous Sam Edelman Balenciaga knock-offs, which I ordered off of Victoria Secret OVER two years ago and have never seen outside my closet!! I don't know why I was so afraid to wear them untill now, because they were totally fine walking around in! Six inchers, flip-flops, no diff. And why yes, that is duct tape on my legs.
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Kaeleigh looked sooooo so good, guys! At the concert they had this photobooth set up and were taking pictures of people who dressed up for the occasion. We both got our picture taken, and then they posted them the next day on their website. Kae got picked as a "featured Monster" so she's up there on the main page! Here's link to hers and mine, and you can check out the rest from the night here if you're interested. So yes, all in all it was a pretty amazing night.

Friday, July 9, 2010

LOL, smiley face, have a nice day

I feel like nails are making a comeback.

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Going to Toronto, be back on Tuesday.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

When I get older, I will be stronger

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I'll tell you right off the bat, this post is not much more than a photo dump. This is what happens when you make two friends with really good cameras: dozens of pictures of me in every pose imaginable (which happens to be not a whole hell of a lot in my case).
I'm assuming most of you have seen the pool pictures on Cheap Thrills of Raez and myself. God, this girl can WERQ TO NO END. It was like BAM BAM BAM, pose pose pose, in true Top Model style. Some of the shots not posted on Cheap Thrills:
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Probably the simplest outfit imaginable, yet effective nevertheless: oversized men's polo as a dress - thrifted, striped tights - Topshop, Creepers - secondhand.
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Foxy blogger lounging in my backyard. No bigz.
And these are from yesterday in Andrew's backyard, taken whilst being eaten alive by mosquitoes. Look closely at my legs if you don't beleive me. I'd also like to say that I love how pale, or "fair skinned" as I like to call it, I look in all of these. Screw tanning, I'm a vampire.
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Why yes, I am standing on a rooftop: top - DIY, shorts - thrifted and cut, shoes - London Underground
First time this braided shoulder piece top has seen the outside of my closet. I kept on "saving it for a special occasion", but then thought "screw it, I'm wearing it to Value Village".
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These shoes I will wear FOREVER so I only break them out on occasion. This occasion happened to be prancing around on a rooftop. I also might add that they have absolutely no grip on the bottom. I could have died, ALL FOR THE SAKE OF BLOGGING.
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And one of me in Andrew's amish hat, for good measure.
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OH! And I keep forgetting to remind everyone to go check out my shop: Modernity. Help a broke sistah out and buy something, please. I won't be selling this stuff for long, obviously I'm not brining it all with me when I go to England! That means you have untill July 24th (ish) to get yr shop on!
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